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@ditch totes gettati @frn HARMAN A; TREMPER; 0F iii.MMONTN, New JERSEY.

Leng-n Poom m. 12,559, ma member 24, 1861.

MPBOVBMENT Ill UOPY-HOLDB.S.

"ro LnwHoM ma MAY Corones;

Be itknon'n that LHAMIAN A. TBEMPEB, of Hnmmonton, in the county ot' Atlantic, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new" und improved l'Jopy-Holderj und thobtbe folloiring desoription, tollen in connection with the accompanying drawings, hereinafter reforrodto, forms n full und exeot specicetion of the some.

Figure 1 is n front view of my invention. l

' Figure 2, u tronsverseverticel section of thojume, teken in tho line z zr, 'g. 1.

Figure 3, a transverse section of ono of' 'the rollers pertaining to the zorgtaken in th'oline y y,'g. 1. Figure 4, a longitudinal section of ono' of the rollers pertaining to the seme, token in the line s s, tig. 1. Similar letters of reference indicate like paris.

This vinvention relates to n copy-holder, intended for the use of oompoaitors, and also for 4the use of proofrenders, book-keepers, lawyers, und eopyists, by substituting n chungo of support, so ns to allow of its boing used on n table or desk.

A A represent the two rollers, on which the oopy, shoxrn in red, is wound. B, the bore .by which the copy ishold or fastened to the rolles,'nhloh bars nro slightly bent, so ns to spring out rrhon the openings in "`"`^tlre'movable ferrules D Dare brought over them, and which bars are mortised into the rollers, so es to present smoothsurf'uce. G C, iixed ferrules, hy rrhioh the left-hund end of the bars is secured to 'the rollers. DD, mofoble ferrules, made with small spurs or projections, to estoi: the Singer or thumb upon for the purpose of moving them, und openings the width of tho burr, which allow the bers to spring out'uheu the openings are brought over them. E E, thumbmheels, by which the rollers are turned, fitted on the squared projection-s of p the journals F F, und kept from slipping od' by pins, by which arrangement thethumb-pieces muy be removed when it is desired to take the copyholder eport. (i3-o guide, mede' cf spring-steel helmut so este prose lightly on th'n upper roller, und held in pleoe by the slitted spurs or projections H H, which slits enable the endslof the wire to be slipped out when it is desired to remove the guide, unid guide answering the double purpose of guide to the eye und of gudingthe copy ou Vto the upper roller when n short scrap is used, whiolx Vwill pot'exteud to the lower roller. I endl-l', the ond pierces, tvhioh support the rollers, the piece I boing fastened to A the rod L, und the piece J meuble, by vfhohorrtmgenzent the motion` of the rollers maybe retarded or entirely lsri-rested 'by pressing suidpieco J ugpnst the endl of the rollers by ineens of tlie mrow und thumbmut K. L,

u rod, passing through the pipe or sooket M, nndsupportlng the pieces I end J', enabling the' copy-holder rto 'be' moved fo the right or left, or vertically to any desirable ongle, without mntestening lt from the euse. M, pipe Y -or socket, which supports the rodla, end through which said rod is moved. N, soro'vr by which the copy-holder I can be mode immovable in the pipo or soolr'et M. 0, n rod, with n curve of about forty-five degrees, which supports the copy-holder. P, o. clump, which, with the thumb-sorerr Q, fostens the copy-holder tothe cose. R, o desk or teblestund, modo to t on to tho'rod L in plueo of the stondurd'designod for `tho cose, whenitis desired tc use the copy-holder on n desk or table.

Directions for use: The copy-holder is lhrst secured (the thumb-pieces toward the right houd) to the contreb'cr of the upper coso, (or to either of the end bers il desirod,) by moons .of the clump P und `the thumb-screw Q. The oopy-l1older is thee adjusted in s. properposition, both horizontelly und vertically, (which the rod L :md socket Mzoncblo tho compositor to'do,) und firmly secured insnoh position by menus of the serevN. The4 upper roller is thon placed with the hor ubovo and eloer of tho guide, the lower roller with thev bur directly to l the front.: Tho rollers nro thon `inode immovable by moans of the" screw und thumb-nut K. The mcynblo forrule DLot the upper roller is then turned till the bei' springs out, the opper end of the copy is inserted under :the ber, nud the bnr secured in itspl'noo. The loner end of 'the copy is then slipped under the guidera for ae the-loner roller, Vund secured t'o it in the sumov manner es to thc upper roller, und wound on to the loner roller. -The copyis then ready for-use.

If desired, number of shoots may bo' placed ouV the rollers st the some time by pinning the ends together.

When it is desired to'uso the copy-holder upon e desk or table, remove the guide'sud the thurnbnut'K, when the movable piece J, withtho rollers, een be removed; thon' slip oil' ythe standard intended for use on the onse,

und substitute the desk-stand in its plnee. I p 4 Advantages of tho copy-holder.: Flut, it giros free'nocees t'o all the boxes of the ocre uitliont disturbing the copy; second, the compositor or copyist is less liable to' omit or double portions of thc copy; third, it con 'he adjusted in cpostion to suit any eye, und for this reason ils peculiarly adopted to persons of'dofective vision; fourth, the, copy is secured in u. smell compass; fifth, it cannot be disturbed by windor disnrrnnged from any other cause. l

Having thus described my invention, I claim es new, und desire to secure by Letters Potent- 1. The use of two rollers, A, und the arrangement for securing the copy to them, consisting ofthe bora B B, the forrules C C, and the movable ferrules D D, ull combined and arranged substantially as described, nml

v for tbe purposes set forth.

2. 4I claim the spring-gnide G, with the slitted projections H`Hsubstuntinlly us-described, and for the purposes sc forth.

. B. I claimthe method of arresting the motion of `the rollers by moons of the movable and picco or rollor-V support J, und the screw. und thumb-nut K, substantially u's described, and for the purpose set forth.

, 4. I claim providing the rod L with both yu clump-arm or rod, O, und ostundl E, for the purpose of supporting the copy-holder under dillcrent conditions, as set forth. HARMAN A. TREMPE'R.

Witnesses: i

4 GEO. F. Mrnnun, E. H. Burners. 

